Gujarat encounters: Supreme Court takes up plea for SIT probe -
Krishnadas Rajagopal, Hindu
The Supreme Court on December 3 gave the Gujarat government an opportunity to file an affidavit giving reasons why an apex court-appointed committee’s report on 22 ‘fake’ police encounters, which occurred during Narendra Modi’s Chief Ministership between 2002 and 2006, should not be made available to petitioners seeking a fair and independent probe into the ‘killings’. Read Full Article››

I think it is absolutely essential for all of us ...That in this battle, we need the Kashmiri people on our side. It's a battle for sovereignty, it's a battle against separatists and terrorists and the key is also held by the people. And therefore our approach has to be guided by the fact that those people are on our side, and not with the separatists.Arun Jaitley, Finance MinisterRead more...

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